Three injured when tanker truck jackknifes on Mass. Pike

Three people were hurt, none seriously, and westbound traffic on Mass. Pike came to a standstill when a tanker truck jackknifed just west of the Old Connecticut Path bridge at the Natick/Framingham line Tuesday afternoon.

Three people were hurt, none seriously, and westbound traffic on Mass. Pike came to a standstill when a tanker truck jackknifed just west of the Old Connecticut Path bridge at the Natick/Framingham line Tuesday afternoon.

A 2011 Honda Pilot, driven by Andres Pineda, 59, of Hartford, Conn., was traveling in the left lane around 3 p.m. when for undetermined reasons it drifted over to the breakdown lane and hit a guardrail, according to a preliminary report from Trooper Thomas McCarthy said.

The SUV came back across the road and struck the right side of a 2006 Western Star Tanker Trailer, causing the tanker to overturn, blocking three lanes of traffic. A 2013 Honda CRV, driven by Trang Pham, 39, of Everett, and traveling in the center lane was unable to stop and lodged under the tanker.

Pineda suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to MetroWest Medical Center in Natick, state police said. Pham and her passenger, Lisa Nguyen, 32, of Malden, received minor injuries and were taken to the Natick hospital. Their conditions could not be determined Tuesday night.

The driver of the tanker, Mark Letourneau, 42, of Worcester was not injured, state police said. None of the fuel the tanker was carrying leaked.

All travel lanes were closed for about an hour allowing for rescue operations, investigation and clean-up of the crash. Traffic was backed up for approximately five miles, state police said.

The crash remains under investigation by Troop E of the Massachusetts State Police and State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section. State Police were assisted by Framingham and Natick Fire and EMS.